Satin Beauty – Geometridae – Larentiinae – Deileptenia ribeata – colour code •
STATUS – Very rare and few records in a year. Last recorded in Derbyshire in 2023 – In 1986 it was thought to be extinct in Derbyshire, but since then there were a number of records in the 1990’s. and it continues to be recorded in small numbers each year. One trapped in Grinlow Woods, Buxton on 10th July 2021. Latest records of 2 in July 2023, a daytime observation, in a small plantation at Fernilee Reservoir, and a specimen trapped in a garden trap at Buxton.
ID POINTERS – Distinguished from all similar species by the broad and rounded forewing and the faint scalloping on both the fringes for the forewing and hind-wing.
FLIGHT PERIOD – June- August
IMAGES – Photo by kind permission of ©Rowan Wakefield – Grinlow Woods, Buxton 10/7/2021
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